2 Samuel 18:16 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Joab blew the ram's horn to stop their fighting, and the troops returned from pursuing Israel.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

ASV:

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

BBE:

And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.

DBY:

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.

ERV:

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

JPS:

And Joab blew the horn, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

WBS:

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.

WEB:

Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

YLT:

And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;

2 Samuel 18:16 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 2:28 So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people halted and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.

2 Samuel 20:22 Then the woman wisely came to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, each to his tent. Joab also returned to the king at Jerusalem. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

18:16 And Joab {d} blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
(d) For he had pity on the people, who were seduced by Absalom's flattery.

MHC:

18:9-18 Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken of heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebellion against parents. Nothing can preserve men from misery and contempt, but heavenly wisdom and the grace of God.

CONC:

Blew Bloweth Halted Held Horn Joab Jo'ab Kept Pursuing Restrained Returned Sounded Stopped Troops Trumpet Turneth

Blew Bloweth Halted Held Horn Israel Joab Jo'ab Kept Pursuing Restrained Sounded Stopped Troops Trumpet Turneth

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